Just completed Mod 46 which went pretty well using Graham's techniques to
speed things up. As usual, it took me longer than everyone else, about 8
hours. I found re-tightening the lock nuts on the pushods to be very
awkward, took about an hour just for that plus re-setting the length and the
rotation freedom. Eventually I laid a small mirror on the bottom of the hull
so I could peer in past my arm through the spar opening and thus get the
wrench onto the elusive lock nuts.
One problem I ran into was that the pitch system friction increased
significantly - to 9 or 10 ounces measured at the top of the stick with the
pushrod to the torque tube disconnected. This was due to end load on the
CS09B bearings, apparently due to a slight change in length when the CS10C's
were replaced. It required re-bedding the base of CS09 on flox to reduce the
friction to normal. Deja vu - the same problem occurred during the original
installation and was cured the same way.
John A044 Newtown, CT
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